I was just thinking of you guys--I have been shooting some small projects lately and using the Spider, which has been lying dormant for a few years.

Last weekend I shot a teaser trailer for a project I'm directing shortly that was a great use of the system:

As you can see the story section is cut as if one continuous camera move, which was obviously the same move shot over and over (poor man's motion control). I had my grip pushing the base to a click track and hash marks on the floor to maintain speed. I chose the Flextrak and spider specifically because the actors would have to play across it and with the emotion in the scene, I was concerned about them tripping over the crossmembers on standard track. I used the rigid channels and taped them to the floor. It worked out great, there was very little variation in the frame from the first take to the last!

Charles Papert
www.charlespapert.com